diff --git a/sys/directdraw/gstdirectdrawsink.c b/sys/directdraw/gstdirectdrawsink.c
index 300bfe0748..5eff741ccd 100644
--- a/sys/directdraw/gstdirectdrawsink.c
+++ b/sys/directdraw/gstdirectdrawsink.c
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@ gst_directdraw_sink_class_init (GstDirectDrawSinkClass * klass)
   /* install properties */
   /* setup aspect ratio mode */
   g_object_class_install_property (G_OBJECT_CLASS (klass),
-      PROP_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO, g_param_spec_boolean ("keep-aspect-ratio",
-          "keep-aspect-ratio", "keep the aspect ratio or not", FALSE,
+      PROP_KEEP_ASPECT_RATIO, g_param_spec_boolean ("force-aspect-ratio",
+          "Force aspect ratio",
+          "When enabled, scaling will respect original aspect ratio", FALSE,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE));
 }